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| Impaled, Chaz Howkins, 2015, metal and Barbie parts |
After learning how to weld, I decided to create a sculpture using Barbie parts and metal rods. As I rarely work in 3D, I encountered a few problems whilst putting the piece together. I didn't plan out its structure as throughly as I should have, meaning it didn't stand up how I imagined and I had to attach an extra rod between the base and the body of the doll. Also the piece is quite back-heavy so appears to be close to falling over. However, I feel I learned from these issues that I sometimes work needs to be planned out in more detail rather than being created spontaneously. I think the resulting outcome is quite successful as the innocence of the doll is destroyed by its disassembly and the juxtaposition of the harsh metal.